TIL in poker, there's a heirarchy of precedence by suit For example, 4-of-kind in spades beats the same 4-of-a-kind in hearts. And the easy way to remember what beats what is "reverse alphabetical order", i.e. spades beats hearts, hearts beats diamonds, diamonds beats clubs. That's not the original why of what beats what, just a convenient coincidence. * * * There are various literary theories floating around about how many patterns stories fall into. "Rags to riches" vs. "rags to riches to rags" vs.... (...more)

awake before 6, on-track shower fresh clothes for gym by 10 Hitting the gym a perfect M-W-F schedule is very satisfying. 11:? ~ 12:? hypertrophy/strength sesh - reaching for round load #s to plateau into stam goals - gave up on underhand Lat Pulldown; Bicep Curl much more appropriate (wide grips targets lower bicep) Back extension [14, 15, 15] x 150# Lat pulldown [10, 12, 12] x 150# Leg press [12, 15, 15] x 300# Shoulder press [12, 12, 11] x 85# (limit) - So is 80 or 90# the "round" #... (...more)

on-time to bed, snoozed past alarm; hydrate+caf stalled until 8:15~30ish protein cocoa 29g pistachio / edamame combo 16g press, dress and bake tofu unload shwasher feed Ivy * * * Jumbly thoughts about the state of digital security in the age of hardware-embedded backdoors on top of the backdoors weaseled in by commercial OS vendors. Switching to Linux would solve most of this; but my experiences with Linux were that updates broke functionality all too often, and a handful of use-case... (...more)

on-time to bed, wake a bit ahead of alarm hydrate, caf, on-track showered shaved dressed for gym by 7:30 8:20 ~ 9:09 hypertrophy: 3 circuits + 1 extra lat pulldown - a bit longer than 45-minute session max target, not entirely due to waits for Leg Press access. Lat pulldown overhand 2x11 x 145# Shoulder press ... - 10 x 87.5# threw joint warnings; - backed off to 12x80# for 1 set; - last set no warnings and finished near max at 12 x 85# - Per last sesh notes: 3x10x85# was near max, er... (...more)

awake shortly before alarm; hydrate, caf, protein, etc continue Pluribus. * * * Diet for a Regular Planet Dinner (6:30~7:30pm) Glycogen: 1.5c white rice or sweet potato Protein: 4-6 oz lean meat Bulk: 1 cup lightly steamed broccoli +/or carrots Healthy fat: 1-2 tsp OO or 1/2 avocado Bedtime Snack Med banana or oat porridge Glass of water w/ a squeeze of lemon ... (...more)